From: N295VV@aol.com
Message-ID: <0.553a6206.258a3d82@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:05:06 EST
Subject: Re: Handedness
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
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From David Jones

The following question was asked:

p.s.  Why does flying my Cessna 150 seem natural with only my left hand on 
 the yoke, but flying a stick seems totally unnatural with my left hand? 

It is a man thing.  If you are right-handed, you feel the same clumsiness if 
you try to unbutton your shirt or unzip your trousers with your left hand.  
Most important manual skills are imprinted in your brain with  a dominant 
handedness.  Zippers and buttons are usually right handed, except for women's 
blouses.  Ever step up to a urinal and try to unzip your trousers with the 
wrong hand?  It is the same thing.

The good news is that it will pass, and after 40-50 hours or so, it will seem 
very natural to guide your plane with the left hand.

The bad news is that you will then start to unzip your trousers with your 
left hand, and that in itself is not too bad, except rezipping them with the 
left hand can produce terrible pain.

Dave Jones,   It's Alzheimer's, I am sure of it.....
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